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Topic: Much needed up grades (Read 4301 times)

So it's been a few years since I parted ways with the green Mantis and started rocking the Yellow HRT. One full engine overhaul an and more then a couple of 2d trans builds now with the gernading of a couple of very expensive RCV's CV's and twisting and breaking two equally pricey 300M axles it is time for me to step up to the pump and do a PBS S-4 swap.

With the new 934 CV's and axles I believe I have moved the breaking link back into the somewhat fragile 2d. So here is the compareance of the 2d and the s-4 PBS. and this is just first gear.

There is a huge difference in the two gears in these transmissions. Andy at CBM is supplying me with the newly refurbished from Rancho PBS s-4, I spent some time on the telly today confirming with John at Outfront and Sam at Rancho that my Subaru bellhousing that bolts my 3.o liter to my 2d will for sure bolt to the new PBS.

Check out reverse.

So very shorty after I get back from LS this spring the HRT will be slice and diced to expect the new PBS and finally be gently moved back straight from the damage that it incurred last fall during the Skagway walk. It seems the landing was a bit hard on the left rear quarter of the frame. Check in from time to time here in about a month for the updates. Let the fun begin.

« Last Edit: April 12, 2018, 05:28:32 PM by fastcorvairs »

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GOOD ,ABOUT TIME!!!!!!!! SO far,I'm LOVING my S5 Fortin. Shifts smooth as butter. You should love the PBS equally as well. There's no way I'd EVER use an H pattern synchronized tranny no matter the brand after experiencing a sequential.

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"There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American,but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but oneflag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that isthe English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is aloyalty to the American people." Theodore Roosevelt 1907

-----------------------------------------------------------"I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots" Albert Einstein (IT'S OFFICIAL THAT DAY IS HERE NOW!)

Looks like a well needed upgrade. I would love a sequential shift. How much larger is the tranny and how much will need to be tweaked for it to fit?

Don't have that answer as yet. I'll start the rework just after returning form our LS trip next week. Transmission should be here along with the Haggart shifter. Most likely will have to just cut the back half of the car off and start over. I need to push everything back a couple of inches anyway to straighten the axles. Looking at installing a sway bar to.

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If I believe I cannot do something it makes me incapable of doing it. But when I believe that I can, then I acquire the ability to do it , even if I didn't have it at the beginning.

"There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American,but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but oneflag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that isthe English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is aloyalty to the American people." Theodore Roosevelt 1907

-----------------------------------------------------------"I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots" Albert Einstein (IT'S OFFICIAL THAT DAY IS HERE NOW!)

"There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American,but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but oneflag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that isthe English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is aloyalty to the American people." Theodore Roosevelt 1907

-----------------------------------------------------------"I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots" Albert Einstein (IT'S OFFICIAL THAT DAY IS HERE NOW!)